Mr. Blake's Walking-Stick: A Christmas Story for Boys and Girls

by Edward Eggleston

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MR. BLAKE’S
Walking-Stick:

A Christmas Story for Boys and Girls.

By EDWARD EGGLESTON,

AUTHOR OF
“THE ROUND TABLE STORIES,” “THE CHICKEN LITTLE STORIES,”
“STORIES TOLD ON A CELLAR DOOR,” ETC.

CHICAGO:
ADAMS, BLACKMER, & LYON PUBLISHING CO.
1872.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870,
By ADAMS, BLACKMER, & LYON PUBLISHING COMPANY,
In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY
H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

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TO OUR
Little Silverhair
Who used to listen to My Stories;
BUT WHO IS NOW
Listening to the Christmas Stories of the Angels,
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED.

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PREFACE.

I have meant to furnish a book that would serve for a Christmas present to Sunday-scholars, either from the school or from their teachers. I hope it is a story, however, appropriate to all seasons, and that it will enforce one of the most beautiful and one of the most frequently forgotten precepts of the Lord Jesus.

EDWARD EGGLESTON.

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CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]
The Walking-Stick Walks	[11]
[CHAPTER II.]
Long-Headed Willie	[20]
[CHAPTER III.]
The Walking-Stick a Talking Stick	[25]
[CHAPTER IV.]
Mr. Blake Agrees with the Walking-Stick	[31]
[CHAPTER V.]
The Father Preaches, the Son Practices	[36]
[CHAPTER VI.]
Sixty-five Dollars	[39]
[CHAPTER VII.]
The Widow and the Fatherless	[44]
[CHAPTER VIII.]
Sharps and Betweens	[51]
[CHAPTER IX.]
The Angel Stays the Hand	[55]
[CHAPTER X.]
Tommy Puffer	[57]
[CHAPTER XI.]
An Odd Party	[58]

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